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Staff ReportsNovember 23, 2018

Don’t get scammed on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is telling shoppers. This week, he offered a series of tips “to help consumers avoid scams,” he said in a release. For Black Friday: — Some retailers may inflate prices ahead of Black Friday to create the illusion of a drastic price cut. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 13, 2018

When it’s all said and done, America will spend roughly $3 billion on Thanksgiving dinners this year — 50 percent of it on turkeys alone. That’s a whole lot of white meat and cranberry sauce — not to mention food comas. The $3 billion doesn’t even account for the billions more spent on Thanksgiving-themed advertising or the many […]

Staff ReportsNovember 24, 2017

In advance of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Adam Putnam and Attorney General Pam Bondi offered shopping tips to help consumers avoid scams. Putnam’s office says to keep the following tips in mind while shopping on Black Friday: — Some retailers may inflate prices ahead of Black Friday to create […]

Guest AuthorDecember 8, 2015

Getting older is super fun. It means a certain level of respect is thrown our way, not because we survived the Great Depression, we’re not that old, but because we survived big hair, disco, and AIDS. Aging means we are now in charge. Aging also means tests and more tests to probe and prod our […]

Melissa RossNovember 26, 2015

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The Florida Retail Federation is predicting a robust holiday shopping season this year, with FRF President/CEO Rick McAllister projecting a 4 1/2 percent increase in sales over 2014. “It’s going to be a good year,” said McAllister in a statewide conference call with media outlets. Noting that 30 percent of annual sales take place in […]

Drew WilsonNovember 26, 2015

The days after Thanksgiving have become the top shopping weekend of the year for many retailers and the National Retail Federation expects more than 135 million Americans will shop retail deals over the holiday weekend. While Black Friday deals may be enticing, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department of Financial Services say […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2014

Welcome back to the working week. This holiday weekend I did what I do most weekends – see a motion picture at a local movie theater. Actually I saw two over the holiday break; the Jon Stewart directed “Rosewater,” and “Citizenfour,” the documentary directed by Laura Poitras on NSA leaker Edward Snowden (of which I’ll […]

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